Aphallia or penile agenesis is an extremely rare congenital anomaly with an estimated incidence rate of 1 in 10 to 30 million births. We report a rare case of aphallia with right kidney hypoplasia and left kidney dysplasia in a 10-day old Iranian-Azeri male. The patient had creatinine rise and renal failure due to dysplastic left kidney and hypoplastic right kidney and expired on fifth day of a...

BACKGROUND The main goal of this study was to conduct a comparative population genetic study of Turkish speaking Iranian Azeries as being the biggest ethno-linguistic community, based on the polymorph markers on Y chromosome. METHODS One hundred Turkish-speaking Azeri males from north-west Iran (Tabriz, 2008-2009) were selected based on living 3 generations paternally in the same region and n...

OBJECTIVES Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), an inherited autosomal recessive disorder, is frequently present among individuals of Mediterranean origin. Differences in the clinical manifestations of FMF between different ethnic groups have been documented. The aim of the present study was to determine the most common characteristics of FMF and the relationship between clinical findings and th...

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D) is the most common metabolic disease demonstrating itself by hyper- glycemia, due to impaired insulin secretion or action. Recently, Whole-Genome Association studies have revealed the role of several new genes responsible for T2D. One of the most studied genes is SLC30A8 (Zn-T8) which is exclusively expressed in pancreatic ?-cells and participates in insulin stora...

Milli marş, bir ülkenin gücü ve bağımsızlığı olarak düşünülmektedir. Seslendirilen marş o tarihini, kültürünü değerlerini anlatan içeriğe sahip özellikleri barındırması gerekmektedir. Bu çalışma Türkiye Cumhuriyeti devletinin milli marşı olan İstiklal Marşı’nı Azerbaycan Ulusal nitel yöntemlerinden görüşme yöntemi kullanılarak derinlemesine incelenmesi karşılaştırılmasıyla oluşturulmuştur. Çalı...

BACKGROUND Many women, throughout their life cycle, experience unintended pregnancy and its subsequent induced abortion. Nonetheless, women's perceptions of this phenomenon - particularly in countries prohibiting elective abortion - are poorly known. The aim of this study was to explore Iranian Azeri women's perceptions of unintended pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a conventional co...

Background: As there is no standard aphasia screening tool for Azeri language yet, the aim of this study was to develop an aphasia screening test with acceptable validity and reliability. Methods: The present study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, by literature search, the screening test was designed and to obtain validity it was peer reviewed by expert panel. After collecting e...

type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2d) is the most common metabolic disease demonstrating itself by hyper- glycemia, due to impaired insulin secretion or action. recently, whole-genome association studies have revealed the role of several new genes responsible for t2d. one of the most studied genes is slc30a8 (zn-t8) which is exclusively expressed in pancreatic ?-cells and participates in insulin stora...

The Artsakh War is an ethnic, religious, and territorial conflict between Armenia Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Artsakh, Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan. modern began in 1988 escalated into a full-scale war early 1990s. A ceasefire signed 1994 provided for two decades relative stability, but escalations April 2016, most recently October 2020, have renewed antagonism. Actions by Azer...

background: cholesteryl ester transfer protein (cetp) plays a main role in high-density lipoprotein metabolism. cetp gene possesses several single nucleotide polymorphisms which have been associated with plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl-c) concentrations. the aim of this study was to determine the association of cetp -629c/a and i405v polymorphisms with coronary artery disease (...